Crossota

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Crossota
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Rhopalonematidae
Genus: Crossota
Vanhoffen, 1902 [1]
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Crossota is a genus of hydrozoans of the family Rhopalonematidae. The genus comprises five species. Unlike most hydromedusae, these do not have a sessile stage. Rather, they spend their entire lives in the water column as plankton. The genus Crossota is widespread throughout the oceans.

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References

  1. Thuesen, Erik V. (2003). "Crossota millsae (Cnidaria: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae), a new species of viviparous hydromedusa from the deep sea off California and Hawaii". Zootaxa. 309: 1–12. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.309.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.309.1.1/7628.